The Writings and Speeches of Samuel J. Tilden, Volume 2Harper and brothers, 1885 - United States |
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... votes to 13,510 for Roderick Seal . The Legislature , elected at the same time , consisted of twenty - six Democrats ... vote for them ; that the salvation of the party depended upon it ; that the man who scratched a ticket was not a ...
... votes to 13,510 for Roderick Seal . The Legislature , elected at the same time , consisted of twenty - six Democrats ... vote for them ; that the salvation of the party depended upon it ; that the man who scratched a ticket was not a ...
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... votes for the Bill . One month and a day later on the 5th of May , 1870 occurred the flagitious transaction known as ... voting power of the people . No official would have dared to commit crimes which required continuous secrecy if he ...
... votes for the Bill . One month and a day later on the 5th of May , 1870 occurred the flagitious transaction known as ... voting power of the people . No official would have dared to commit crimes which required continuous secrecy if he ...
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... votes , " the result as declared by the Town Board shall be , and is hereby held to be , legal . " If the Bill only provided that the election of town officers for that town should not be invalidated by reason of any informal- ity in ...
... votes , " the result as declared by the Town Board shall be , and is hereby held to be , legal . " If the Bill only provided that the election of town officers for that town should not be invalidated by reason of any informal- ity in ...
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... votes in dispute . One hundred and eighty - five votes were necessary for a choice ; consequently one additional vote to Tilden and Hendricks would have elected them , while twenty additional votes were required for the election of the ...
... votes in dispute . One hundred and eighty - five votes were necessary for a choice ; consequently one additional vote to Tilden and Hendricks would have elected them , while twenty additional votes were required for the election of the ...
Page 385
... votes , from the first election of Wash- ington in 1789 to the election of Grant in 1872 , to be copied out ; and then proceeded to summarize the lessons of these several precedents , which , with the debates , were printed and placed ...
... votes , from the first election of Wash- ington in 1789 to the election of Grant in 1872 , to be copied out ; and then proceeded to summarize the lessons of these several precedents , which , with the debates , were printed and placed ...
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Page 380 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose.
Page 440 - Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Convention, that as soon as the Conventions of nine states shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the states which shall have ratified the same...
Page 111 - All contracts for work or materials on any canal shall be made with the persons who shall offer to .do or provide the same at the lowest price, with adequate security for their performance.
Page 465 - A ; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates ; and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules in this act provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate...
Page 203 - The State may, to meet casual deficits or failures in revenues, or for expenses not provided for, contract debts, but such debts, direct and contingent, singly or in the aggregate, shall not at any time exceed one million of dollars; and the moneys arising from the loans creating such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which they were obtained, or to repay the debt...
Page 457 - Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A ; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing...
Page 117 - It shall be the duty of the legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debts by such municipal corporations.
Page 169 - The Legislature shall neither audit nor allow any private claim or account against the State, but may appropriate money to pay such claims as shall have been audited and allowed according to law.